The Politics of Marine Biodiversity Data

Global and National Policies and Practices of Monitoring the Oceans

An ERC Project

WHAT IS MARIPOLDATA?

MARIPOLDATA is a research project funded by the European Research Council from November 2018 to October 2023. The MARIPOLDATA research team develops and applies a new interdisciplinary and multi-scale approach to study new forms of power at the intersection between science, policy and politics.

MARIPOLDATA BLOG

Impressions from the first week of negotiations on marine biodiversity

1. April 2019/in General /by Alice Vadrot

From March 25th to April 5th 2019 the second round of negotiations on an international legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) is held in the UN Headquarters in New York. The new instrument -if governments agree- will be established under the United […]

Why negotiations on marine biodiversity “came close to collapsing”

15. February 2019/in General /by Alice Vadrot

From the 17th to the 29th of November 2018, governments met in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, to negotiate issues related to the protection and sustainable use of biodiversity in the framework of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). “Marine and Coastal Biodiversity” was on the agenda, which is why I participated in the […]

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Call for PhD participants: Conducting research at global environmental negotiations

Abstract deadline: June 30, 2019

Hannah Hugues (Cardiff University) and Alice Vadrot are looking for PhD students to participate as active discussants in a workshop on methods for Conducting research at global environmental negotiations.

The workshop will take place at the University of Vienna, 10^th to 11^th of September 2019.

Prospective participants need to have an interest and experience in researching global environmental negotiations, from the intergovernmental meeting to all elements of mega-events, including the COPs, side events, and surrounding protest to the more distant research site that is connected and impacted by these events.

Please send an abstract to maripoldata.erc@univie.ac.at of how your research interest might connect to the workshop by June 30^th.

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The role of oral histories in understanding science-policy interrelations

Date: Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 13:00-17:00 BST
Venue: Cambridge Judge Business School

Dr Alice Vadrot, principal investigator of the ERC funded research project MARIPOLDATA (which investigates the politics of marine biodiversity data), and the Centre for Science and Policy will be hosting a workshop on the role of oral histories in understanding science-policy interrelations.

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Article by the University of Vienna (in German)

Die Politologin Alice Vadrot erhält als erste Wissenschafterin der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften einen ERC Starting Grant. Mit dieser hochdotierten Förderung kann sie ihr Projekt “The Politics of Marine Biodiversity Data” realisieren, in dem sie internationale Umweltpolitik analysiert.

Article in Austrian Newspaper “Die Presse” (in German)

In ihrem ERC-Start-Preis-Projekt untersucht Alice Vadrot die Haltung einzelner Staaten bei den aktuellen Hochseeschutz-Verhandlungen der UNO.

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Impressions from the first week of negotiations on marine biodiversity

Why negotiations on marine biodiversity “came close to collapsing”

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Call for PhD participants: Conducting research at global environmental negotiations

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The role of oral histories in understanding science-policy interrelations

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Article in Austrian Newspaper “Die Presse” (in German)

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